Main Events

Main Events




Get set for the Amwaj Triathlon

October 11 - 18, 2006
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MANAMA:  The Amwaj Triathlon is all set to kick-off come October 27 at the Amwaj Islands.





Becker looks to his Riffa Views

October 11 - 18, 2006
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MANAMA:  Riffa Views is harnessing links with high-profile international sporting celebrities to propel the residential and lifestyle community to the forefront of the international property market. 





Bahrain events

October 11 - 18, 2006
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Benefit dance
The Ancop Gawad Kalinga Bahrain (Ancop GK) and the Phillipine Embassy will hold a benefit dance to raise funds for the Gwad Kalinga Bahrain Village currently under construction in South Cotabato Mindanao, Phillipines.





Is Futoshiki really better than Sudoku?

October 11 - 18, 2006
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Having addicted millions of people around the world to filling in 81 little squares with the numbers 1-9, with varying levels of difficulty, it looks like the Japanese have tried to come up with another puzzle to occupy our coffee breaks and lunchtimes. 





An unexplained death

October 11 - 18, 2006
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Last week an Indian man was found hanging with his hands and legs tied and, according to his colleagues, covered in bruises. It was ruled a suicide despite the complete improbability of it all.





When will it all stop?

October 11 - 18, 2006
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How many people have to die before the issue of worker transportation is going to be dealt with?





South Africans irritated by World Cup pessimism

October 11 - 18, 2006
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Football executives and fans in World Cup 2010 host nation South Africa are becoming increasingly frustrated, irritated and embarrassed over the pessimism and scorn being poured on the country’s bid to prepare for the football tournament.





University bans dyed hair in ‘decency’ drive

October 11 - 18, 2006
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Fashion-conscious university students in northern Japan are being offered money to do away with their dyed hair and body piercings as part of a drive to tackle falling standards of behaviour.





World moves into ecological overdraft

October 11 - 18, 2006
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Humanity slid into the red this week and began racking up an ecological overdraft driven by unsustainable exploitation of the world’s resources, according to a report by the sustainable development organisation Global Footprint Network (GFN).